New York City Subway

Rehumanizing Public Spaces

Noah Fitzgerel | Posted 05.07.2012

Noah Fitzgerel

I've noticed that metro cars and stations are lacking a human element, especially with the monotonous color schemes. One think of the solitude and isolation found in Edward Hopper paintings.

PHOTOS: Stanley Kubrick's NYC Subway Photography

Posted 05.07.2012

Following in the footsteps of Walker Evans, a young Stanley Kubrick, during his tenure as a staff photographer for Look magazine in the 1940s, capture...

WATCH: Two Jerks Smoke, Spit On The 7 Train

Posted 04.30.2012

Some people, in Rihanna's words, really have run out of f**ks to give. Like these two gentleman straphangers who, according to the description on ...

PHOTOS: Subway Perverts Strike 3 Times This Week

Posted 04.25.2012

A hint to all the pervs aboard the New York City subway: people will take your picture. Here are three examples from just this past week. The NYPD ...

WATCH: Teens Play Chicken With Subway Train

Posted 04.17.2012

Sure, the teens in this video don't get hit, but jumping onto the train tracks in the New York City subway is always a bad idea New York. Always. T...

Al Qaeda Fighter Could Testify In NYC Subway Bomb Plot Trial

AP | TOM HAYS and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 04.14.2012

NEW YORK — An American-born jihadist who joined al-Qaida could testify for the government in the upcoming trial of a man accused in a plot to bo...

AWESOME: Snack-Eating Man Calmly Breaks Up Subway Fight

Posted 04.14.2012

Finally, a solution to all of New York City's subway fights: simply find someone to stand in between the aggressors and nonchalantly munch on chips. ...

Poetry Is Coming Back to New York's Subway

John Lundberg | Posted 04.01.2012

John Lundberg

Whether you've been missing your daily dose of literature, or you just want something to read other than Dr. Zizmor's ubiquitous dermatology ads, you'll be happy to hear that poetry is coming back to New York's subway system.

#Occupy Gives Out Free Subway Rides

Posted 03.29.2012

Morning commuters were treated to free train rides Wednesday morning courtesy of the 99 percent. "Free entry, no fares collected," read official-looki...

Subway Shover Sentenced To 15 Years

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.16.2012

NEW YORK — A restaurant cook convicted of shoving a stranger into the side of an oncoming New York City subway train has been sentenced to 15 years ...

Teens Push Old Man Onto Train Tracks During Theft

Posted 02.22.2012

An iPhone theft on the subway Friday resulted in an 81-year-old man being thrown onto the tracks, The New York Daily News reports. The old man was ...

Sentenced To 225 Years In Prison

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 04.16.2012

NEW YORK — Already serving 200 years in prison for killing four people in a bloody rampage, Maksim Gelman grinned on his way into court Wednesda...

Subway Eating Ban Does Not Have Support Of MTA Chief (POLL)

Posted 02.15.2012

MTA chief Joseph Lhota does not support State Senator Bill Perkin's bill in Albany to ban eating on the subway--and may not be a fan of the Senator hi...

Dad Of Subway Bomb Plotter Sentenced To 4 1/2 Years

AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 02.11.2012

NEW YORK -- The father of an admitted terrorist was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Friday after he was convicted of destroying evidence and lying ...

WATCH: Everyone Thinks This Subway Wedding Is Real

Posted 02.02.2012

This is believable for the first few minutes, even eliciting warm feelings and an "Only in New York"-type of pride. Awww, you think, what a beautiful ...

WATCH: Man Sells Puppies Out Of Bag On The Train

Posted 02.01.2012

There's something sketchy about selling puppies out of a bag while on the train (we've contacted the ASCPA for comment and will update when we hear ba...

WATCH: Ridiculously Moving Subway Performance Of 'Someone Like You'

Posted 02.01.2012

Today in beautiful subway performances, we give you this: a man's moving rendition of Adele's "Someone Like You" on the platform at 86th Street. Ev...

Leave Those Kids Alone

Brian D. Cohen | Posted 04.01.2012

Brian D. Cohen

A lesson I learned early on as an art teacher is that the artwork your students make is not your own creation, not in the way the work you yourself create as an artist is.

An Opossum Rode The D Train Last Week

Posted 01.18.2012

A surly straphanger curled up underneath a seat caused a Bronx-bound D train to be evacuated early Friday morning. The New York Times reports an o...

Transit Workers And MTA Still Working It Out

AP | Posted 01.17.2012

NEW YORK -- New York City transit workers say they'll continue working even though their contract has expired. Spokesman Jim Gannon of Transport Work...

Nighttrain Closure Mayhem Begins Tonight On 4,5, And 6

Posted 01.09.2012

Well, we knew this day would come. Starting tonight, a winter of weeknight subway closures is upon us as the MTA attempts, in a series of fell swoops,...

My Near Death, I mean, Near Crazy Subway Experience

Yvahn Martin | Posted 02.14.2012

Yvahn Martin

There he stood, clearly out of his mind. Stark images recalled from Barry Michael Cooper's essay "Requiem for the Zooted" made me speculate whether or not he was the modern day legacy of that tumultuous NYC combo of the 70′s.

Matt Sledge

Andrew Cuomo's 'Public-Private Partnerships' Can't Save The MTA, Advocates Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.13.2011

NEW YORK -- When Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a $320-million reduction in the downstate payroll tax on Monday, the MTA, which runs New York City's sub...

WATCH: Keanu Reeves Give Up Subway Seat To Woman

Posted 12.09.2011

There's sad Keanu, there's happy Keanu and now, gentleman Keanu? The top post on Reddit this Friday is a video of Keanu Reeves kindly giving up his...

WATCH: Karma Hits Subway Passenger In Groin

Posted 12.07.2011

With all the subway's fights, flashers, idiot surfers and "well-educated" passengers, it's nice to see a video of a straphanger just taking one in the...